Shukla () is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "bright" or "white". A variant of the name is Sukul. Notable people with the name include: *

Abhay Shukla Abhay Shukla is an Indian actor known for his role as Inspector Nikhil in the TV series ''C.I.D. (India TV series), C.I.D.'' Early life Abhay Shukla hails from Prayagraj. Filmography * 2010 - ''Knock Out (2010 film), Knock Out'' * 2014 - ''H ...

, Indian TV actor known for his role as Inspector Nikhil in TV series ''CID'' *

Abhinav Shukla (producer) Abhinav Shukla is an Indian film and TV show producer. He is the producer of the film Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami that released recently. He is the founder and director of the production company Nautanki Films. Professional life After starting his ...

, Indian film and TV producer *

Abhinav Shukla Abhinav Shukla (born 27 September 1982) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television and films. He participated in '' Bigg Boss 14'' and '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11'' and emerged as semi finalist in the latter. Early li ...

, Indian actor *

Abhishek Shukla Abhishek Shukla is an Indian Geriatrics, geriatrician and palliative care physician. He is the expert on Hospice and palliative medicine. Shukla is the Founder and Secretary of Aastha Centre for Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Care Hospital & Hosp ...

(Indian

Geriatrician Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on addressing the unique health needs of older adults. The term ''geriatrics'' originates from the Greek γέρων ''geron'' meaning "old man", and ιατρός ''iatros'' meani ...

and

Palliative Palliative care (from Latin root "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Man ...

Care Physician) * Ajai Shukla, Indian army officer, journalist and defense analyst *

Amarjeet Shukla Amarjeet Shukla is an Indian actor. He made his debut in Bollywood in a lead role in K.Ravi Shankar's '' Iqraar By Chance'' (2006). It was a romantic comedy. His next film ''Runway'' was released in 2009. The film also stars Tulip Joshi and Luc ...

, Indian actor * Anand Shukla, Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1960 to 1978 * Anand Swaroop Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India *

Anjuli Shukla Anjuli Shukla is an Indian cinematographer and film director. She is the first and till date the only Indian woman who has won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography. '' Kutty Srank'', her debut film, won her the National Film Award ...

, Indian film director and cinematographer, first and till date the only Indian woman to win the National Film Award for Best Cinematography *

Amitabh Shukla Amitabh Shukla is an Indian film editor who works in Hindi Cinema. He is most known for his work in films like '' Chak De! India'', ''Krrish'', ''Holiday'' and ''Chalte Chalte''. He was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Editing in the 2007 fo ...

, Indian film editor, most known for his work in ''Chak De! India'', ''Krrish'', ''Holiday'' and ''Chalte Chalte'' * Amitesh Shukla, INC Politician, member Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly and former Minister of Rural Development in the Government of Chhattisgarh *

Aseem Shukla Aseem Ravindra Shukla is the director of minimally invasive surgery in the Department of Urology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and is a professor of surgery (urology) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylva ...

, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA * Ashish Shukla, Indian author on geopolitics and terrorism, former editor of ''Cricket Samrat'' * Ashthabhuja Prasad Shukla, Indian politician, member of the 10th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament *

Avay Shukla Avay Shukla is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), an environmentalist, and a writer. Biography Shukla obtained his Master's degree (English) from Hindu College, Delhi, in 1973. He taught for two years at Delhi Unive ...

, Indian Administrative Service officer, environmentalist and writer *

Baikuntha Shukla Baikuntha Shukla (15 May 1907 – 14 May 1934) was an Indian nationalist and revolutionary. He was the nephew of Yogendra Shukla, one of the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA). He was hanged for murdering Phanindra Nath ...

, Indian nationalist and revolutionary * Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla, Indian politician and Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament from Vadodara * Balram Shukla, Indian poet and academic *

Bhagwati Prasad Shukla Bhagwati Prasad Shukla is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Shukla was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the ...

, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh *

Chakrapani Shukla Chakrapani Shukla (2 April 1916 – 1992) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress The ...

, Member of Parliament, India *

Champa Devi Shukla Champa Devi Shukla is an Indian activist from Bhopal. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2004, together with Rashida Bee. Shukla and Bee have struggled for justice for those who survived the 1984 Bhopal disaster, when 20,000 p ...

, activist from Bhopal, India and recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, 2004 *

Chandra Prakash Shukla Chandra Prakash Shukla (born 5 July 1968) is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Kaptanganj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ea ...

, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India *

Chitra Shukla Chitra Shukla is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu films. Career She made her debut with '' Maa Abbayi'' opposite Sree Vishnu, which marked her Telugu lead debut. Chitra was signed for ''Maa Abbayi'' when the makers of the ...

, Indian actress who works in Telugu-Kannada language films *

Daisy Irani (actress) Daisy Irani Shukla (born 17 June 1950) is an Indian actress in Hindi language films. She was a popular child actor in the 1950s and 1960s. She is most known for films such as ''Bandish'' (1955), '' Ek Hi Raasta'' (1956), '' Naya Daur'' (1957), ...

(Daisy Irani Shukla), Indian actress in Hindi and Telugu language films *

Deepak Shukla Deepak Shukla (born in India) is an American molecular virologist with expertise in herpesviruses. He contributed to the discovery of HSV-1 entry receptors and establishing a link between the receptors and HSV-1 induced ocular diseases such as ...

, American molecular virologist with expertise in herpesviruses *

Haimanti Sukla Haimanti Shukla is a Bengali singer. The tradition of Hindustani classical music was in her family and this helped her to become a classically trained singer. She recorded her first song "''E to kanna noy aamar"'' in 1972. Early life She was b ...

, Bengali singer *

Jagadish Shukla Jagadish Shukla (born 1944) is an Indian meteorologist and Distinguished University Professor at George Mason University in the United States. Early years Shukla was born in 1944 in the village of Middha in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh ...

, Indian meteorologist, professor at George Mason University, Virginia *

Jang Bahadur Shukla Jang Bahadur Shukla (13 January 1937 – 15 March 2023) was an Indian mathematician who specialised in mathematical modelling A mathematical model is an abstract description of a concrete system using mathematical concepts and language. Th ...

, Indian mathematician *

Jhanak Shukla Jhanak Shukla is an Indian former child actress. Early life and education Shukla is the daughter of documentary filmmaker Haril Shukla and actress Supriya Shukla. Jhanak has completed her MA in Archaeology from Deccan College Post-Graduate and ...

, Indian actress * Jyoti Kiran (Jyoti Kiran Shukla), Indian politician, activist, educationist, strategist and Chair of Rajasthan's 5th State Finance Commission * Kamlesh Shukla, Indian politician from the BJP and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India * Karuna Shukla, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing Janjgir constituency of Chhattisgarh * Krishna Kant Shukla, Indian physicist, musician, poet, ecologist and educator *

Laxmi Ratan Shukla Laxmi Ratan Shukla (; born 6 May 1981) is a former Indian cricketer and politician. He played as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler for the Bengal cricket team. He was also a player for Kolkata Knight Riders ...

, Indian cricketer and politician *

Mahendra Shukla Mahendra Shukla is a former Indian first-class cricketer. Despite having a first-class career spanning just seven games, Shukla appeared for three teams during his career, which started during the 1947–48 season for Holkar cricket team, Holka ...

, Indian first-class cricketer *

Manoj Muntashir Manoj Shukla (born 27 February 1976), better known by his stage name Manoj Muntashir Shukla, is an Indian lyricist, poet, dialogue writer, screenwriter & Co founder oT-Series Prarthana The Sound of Sanatan He wrote several Hindi songs for films ...

, Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter * Mukesh Shukla, or Mukesh, businessman and politician in Uganda *

Munna Shukla Munna Shukla (7 December 1943- 11 January 2022) was a Kathak guru and choreographer of Lucknow Gharana based in New Delhi, India. Born to a family who has been involved in dance for generations, Munna Shukla specialized in Kathak, a classical da ...

, Kathak guru and choreographer of Lucknow Gharana * Narayan Shukla (also known as SN Shukla), judge of the Allahabad High Court *

Nikesh Shukla Nikesh Shukla (born 8 July 1980) is a British people, British author and screenwriter. His writing focuses on race, racism, identity, and immigration. He is the editor of the 2016 collection of essays ''The Good Immigrant'', which features contr ...

, British author and screenwriter *

Padma Kant Shukla Padma Kant Shukla (CorrFRSE, FInstP, FAPS, AFTWAS) (7 July 1950 – 26 January 2013) was a distinguished Professor and first International Chair of the Physics and Astronomy Department of Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. He was also the dire ...

(1950–2015), Indian physicist, university professor in several countries *

Pratibha Shukla Pratibha Shukla is an Indian politician and was member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Personal life She was born in a village Radhan of tehsil Bilhaur, Kanpur. Education She got post graduate degree from CSJM University Kanpur in ...

, Indian politician and member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Akbarpur-Raniya constituency * Pravina Shukla, professor of folklore at Indiana University Bloomington *

Rahul Shukla Rahul Shukla (born 28 August 1990) is an Indian first-class cricketer from Jaunpur district who plays for Jharkhand in domestic cricket. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He was part of the Mumbai Indians squad from 2010 to 2012. He was sign ...

, Indian first-class cricketer from Jaunpur district who plays for Jharkhand in domestic cricket * Raj Shukla, Lieutenant General, YSM, SM, currently serving as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Army Training Command (ARTRAC) *

Raj Kumar Shukla Raj Kumar Shukla (23 August 1875 – 20 May 1929) was the person who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran which later led to the Champaran Satyagraha. Shukla at the time paid well to work under Hafiz Din Mohammad and was sent to meet Ga ...

, Indian freedom fighter, who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran for the Champaran Satyagraha *

Rajeev Shukla Rajeev Shukla (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician, former journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. In 2015, he was re-appointed unanimously as the Chairman of IPL by the BCCI. On 18 Decem ...

, Indian politician, journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. Presently, VP of BCCI *

Rajendra Shukla (poet) Rajendra Anantrai Shukla (born 12 October 1942) is a Gujarati language, Gujarati poet. He taught at various places before voluntarily retiring. He published several poetry collections which won him several major Gujarati literary awards. Early ...

, Gujarati poet *

Rajendra Shukla (politician) Rajendra Shukla (born 3 August 1964) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh alongside with Jagadish Devda under Mohan Yadav and Member of the Legislative Assembly from Rewa constituen ...

, Indian politician and MLA from Madhya Pradesh * Rajendra Prasad Shukla, politician from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, who also served as Speaker of both states' Legislative Assembly *

Rajesh Shukla Rajesh Shukla is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Shukla is a two-times member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Kichha constituency in Udham Singh Nagar district. In the latest elections of 2017, h ...

, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttarakhand State * Rajesh Shukla (statistician), Indian researcher, author and applied statistician * Rakesh Shukla (animal welfare activist), Indian entrepreneur, motivational speaker and animal welfare activist * Rakesh Shukla (cricketer), Indian cricketer, cricket consultant and commentator *

Ram Chandra Shukla Ram Chandra Shukla (1925–2016) was an Indian painter and art critic. Early life Shukla was born in a small village called Shukulpura of district Basti, Uttar Pradesh in a farmer's family. Soon after that his father shifted to a prominent, cu ...

(1925–2016), Indian painter and art critic * Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress leader * Ramchandra Shukla (1884–1941), known as Acharya Shukla, Indian historian of Hindi literature *

Ravishankar Shukla Ravishankar Shukla (2 August 1877 — 31 December 1956) was a leader of the Indian National Congress, Indian independence movement activist, the Premier of the Central Provinces and Berar from 27 April 1946 to 25 January 1950, first Chief Mini ...

, premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh *

Ravikant Shukla Ravikant Udaybhan Shukla (born 9 July 1987) is a former Indian first-class cricketer. Career Shukla played at the U-16 and U-19 cricket for Uttar Pradesh cricket team. He captained the India U19 national cricket team at the 2006 U-19 Crick ...

, Indian first class cricketer, former captain of India U19 national cricket team *

Ravi Kishan Ravindra Kishan Shukla (born 17 July 1969), popularly known as Ravi Kishan, is an Indian actor, politician, film producer and television personality. He currently serves as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur. He received a ''Sansad ...

, or Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla, Indian actor, politician and TV personality; MP (Lok Sabha) from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh * Richa Moorjani (nee Shukla), Indian-American actress who is best known for her role as Kamala in the series ''Never Have I Ever'' * Rishi Kumar Shukla, Indian Police Service officer and director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) *

Rishabh Shukla Rishabh Shukla (''R̥ṣabha Śuklā'') is an Indian film and television actor and a voice-dubbing artist, who speaks Hindi as his mother tongue language. On television he is most known for his role of Maharaj Shantanu in ''Mahabharat'' (TV se ...

, Indian film and television actor and a voice-dubbing artist * Riya Shukla, Indian television actress and model who made her film debut with ''Nil Battey Sannata'' *

Rohit Shukla Major Rohit Shukla SC, SM is an Indian Army Officer of 44 Rashtriya Rifles. He received the Shaurya Chakra, the third highest peacetime military award from the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind at the Defence Investiture Ceremony–I, at a ...

, Major at the Indian Army, Shaurya Chakra awardee * Samridhii Shukla, Indian TV actress * Sanyam Shukla, Indian badminton player * S.N.Shukla, Indian politician * Sandeep Shukla, Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur *

Saurabh Shukla Saurabh Shukla (born 5 March 1963) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works in Hindi and a few Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu films. He is best known for his roles in ''Satya (1998 film), Satya'' (1998), ...

, Indian actor *

Shilpa Shukla Shilpa Shukla (born 22 February 1982) is an Indian film and theatre actress. She is known for her roles in the 2007 sports drama '' Chak De! India'' and the 2013 neo-noir film '' B.A. Pass'', for which she was awarded the Filmfare Critics Awar ...

, Indian actress * Shivakant Shukla, Indian cricketer *

Shiv Pratap Shukla Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1 April 1952) is an Indian politician and statesman. Currently, he is the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He was the Minister of State for Finance in the First Modi ministry. He was a Member of Parliament in the upper h ...

, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), former Minister of State for Finance, Government of India *

Shyama Charan Shukla Shyama Charan Shukla (27 February 1925 – 14 February 2007) was an Indian National Congress politician and thrice Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Personal life Shyama Charan Shukla was born on 27 February 1925 in Raipur into a Kanyaku ...

, three-term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, irrigation visionary and aviator *

Sidharth Shukla Sidharth Shukla (12 December 1980 – 2 September 2021) was an Indian actor, Television presenter, host and model who mostly appeared in Hindi television and films. He was known for his roles in ''Balika Vadhu'', ''Broken But Beautiful, Broken ...

, Indian actor and model. * Shrilal Shukla (1925–2011), Hindi writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award *

Shri Prakash Shukla Shri Prakash Shukla (6 October, 1973-22 September, 1998) was an Indian gangster active during the 1990's mainly in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He used to be hired by primarily politicians to kill their opponents. He was killed on 22 September 1 ...

, Indian gangster and contract killer *

Supriya Shukla Supriya Shukla (née Raina) is an Indian television and film actress. She is known for her role as Sarla Arora in Zee TV ZEE TV also known as Z TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Ente ...

, Indian television and film actress *

Umesh Shukla Umesh Shukla is an Indian actor and director who works in Bollywood films. He is best known for his work in the critically acclaimed comedy drama film '' Oh My God''. He made his directorial debut with UTV Motion Pictures' and Bindass' presen ...

, Indian movie director, best known for ''Oh My God'' *

Vidya Charan Shukla Vidya Charan Shukla (2 August 1929 – 11 June 2013) was an Indian politician whose political career spanned six decades. He was predominantly a member of the Indian National Congress, but also had spells in Jan Morcha, Janata Dal, Samajw ...

, Indian cabinet minister *

Vidya Dhar Shukla Vidyadhar Shukla is the Chief Hindu priest of Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochi ...

, Chief Hindu Priest of Thailand * Vijai Shukla, Indian-Danish food scientist *

Vijay Kumar Shukla Dr.Vijay Kumar Shukla, also known as Munna Shukla, is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bihar. He has been elected on three occasions to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He served a jail term for murder. Later He was Acquitt ...

, or Munna Shukla, former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bihar, India * Vikramaditya Shukla, Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films *

Vinay Shukla Vinay Shukla is an Indian film writer and director, who is producer of Hindi film Godmother. Profile Vinay Shukla has been an active scriptwriter and director of Hindi films over the last three decades. His most well-known film, Godmother, ...

, Indian film writer and director, producer of ''Godmother'' *

Vinod Kumar Shukla Vinod Kumar Shukla (born 1 January 1937) is a modern Hindi writer known for his style that often borders on magic-realism. His works include the novels ''Naukar ki Kameez'' (which has been made into the film of the same name by Mani Kaul) an ...

, modern Hindi writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award *

Yogendra Shukla Yogendra Shukla (; 1896 – 19 November 1960) was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter, notable for his contributions in the state of Bihar. He was incarcerated in the Cellular Jail, also known as ''Kala Pani'', and was a founding member o ...

, Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, among the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican ASSOCIATION * Dr Ashutosh Shukla, Professor of Management''SRMS, PARUL UNIVERSITY'' * Prof.Shivam Shukla, Gorakhpur hometown ''Parul University'' * Jyotish Shukla, engineer, spiritual personality from Gopalganj Bihar Others *

Shuklaganj Gangaghat is a city and a municipal board in Unnao district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also known as Shuklaganj and is located on the banks of the Ganges about 5 km from Kanpur on the SH 58. The population was 70803 as of ...

, a suburb of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, situated on the banks of holy river Ganges

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